July 2010

Why Your Friends and Family Don’t Understand the SCD Diet — and What to Do About It

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So what can you do about it? Here’s the top five things I did that helped my friends and family understand the SCD diet, and in the end, come to me for help with their health issues.

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The Number 1 Most Important Mindset to Starting the SCD Diet Right

There was one key mindset that got me through the intro diet and helped me heal to where I am today. That mindset shift is the Number 1 most important mindset to starting the SCD Diet right. Here it is: I no longer live to eat, I eat to live!

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Top 5 Reasons to Try the SCD Diet Instead of Humira to Relieve the Symptoms of Crohn’s Disease

Commitment to strict adherence on the SCD Diet is the key to healing on the diet. Anyone who doesn’t trust the diet or who occasionally “cheats” will never experience the full benefits that the diet can provide.

Being that commitment can be the greatest challenge to overcome on the SCD Diet, I wanted to put together a quick list to keep the commitment in perspective… here are the top five reasons to try the SCD diet instead of Humira to handle the symptoms of Crohn’s Disease.

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Steve’s SCD Diet Healing Journal: Week 25 – Fast and Easy SCD Legal Meals

This week I want to talk about SCD diet staples. Studies have shown that most people eat the same 10-15 foods in a given week. We all like to think that we eat an extremely diverse diet but it’s simply untrue. As humans we are actually very predictable creatures in search of easy autonomous habits. Taking this knowledge to heart can really help simplify the SCD diet. For instance, two ways in which I embrace my need for stability and habit are having the ingredients on hand to produce my two favorite go-to SCD meals. One of them takes roughly 20 minutes to make and the other about 5 minutes.

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Steve’s SCD Diet Healing Journal: Week 24 – The Kale Chip Fail!

Last week I made a heck of a run at making kale chips. I’ve never ate kale before and after seeing several bloggers making kale chips I had to give it a go. First up the good news is kale and I are friends, no digestion issues whatsoever. Now for the bad news, kale chips are apparently my cooking Achilles heal. The first go round ended up with most of the “chips” being half burnt or completely burnt. The next round I swore the chips were done, no browning and hard when they were pulled out of the oven. But, a couple hours later they were soggy leaves of salt!

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